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GLASTONBURY — A few years ago, Glastonbury lacrosse coach Kris Cofiell was wondering why one of her players, Courtney Peterson, was helping out with a fundraiser for cystic fibrosis.
"Her [older] sister said, 'Courtney has it,'" Cofiell recalled Thursday. "I said, 'Are you kidding me?'"
Cystic fibrosis is a chronic genetic disorder that affects the lungs, producing a thick clogging mucus that can lead to infections. It also affects pancreatic function.
Back in the '60s, when we were kids, few children with the disease lived past their teenage years. I still remember reading former Sports Illustrated writer Frank Deford's searing account of his 8-year-old daughter Alex's death from cystic fibrosis.
But now there are kids with CF like Peterson, a senior at Glastonbury High, who is a regional All-American in field hockey and a top lacrosse player, and who plans to play both sports at Wellesley College in Massachusetts next year.
"When I was younger, it had a little effect on me but still not really that much," Peterson said. "When I was sick when I was younger, I had to get an IV, I went on a lot of treatments and pills to help combat it. I would say that's the only thing that's affected me playing sports."
"When I am playing sports, it's like no difference. If I'm sick — just like anyone else — if I have a cold, I'll have shortness of breath because it's harder to breathe, but I'm hardly ever sick from CF. It's usually allergies or something like that. Really, there's no difference."
That's Courtney in a nutshell. You'd never know.
"There are struggles," Cofiell said. "There are times she is not feeling well. There are tremendous medical things looming in front of her, but it never affects who she is. Having that disease is that last thing on the list what makes Courtney Courtney."
"It doesn't define her. No matter how much we want to make it a big deal, how she's an inspiration. She'll look at me funny, like, 'Why do you think that's a big deal?'"
Now, because of advances in medication and treatments, the average life expectancy of a person with CF is 38 years old, although many live longer.There are different mutations of the disease, which affects some differently than others.
And there are athletes out there with CF. Just not that many.
"It's rare," said Paul Drury, director of special projects for the Connecticut Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the former executive director of the state chapter, who has cystic fibrosis. "It's exceptional — not only to be able to do it, but to excel at the sports."
When Courtney was born and diagnosed shortly thereafter, her mother, Maggie, despaired. Their family, with two older children, was active and athletic. How would their lives change to accommodate CF?
Turns out, not that much.
"We said, 'All right, we're just going to deal with this day to day,'" Maggie said. "'We're going to do all the things we normally do until at some point we can't.'"
So Courtney played ice hockey with her sisters and soccer and t-ball and did dance and gymnastics and pretty much every sport you could think of when she was a kid.
"Being a parent, having this kid with this diagnosis, you think, 'Oh my God, I'm going to have a kid who can't do anything and is going to die young,' and that couldn't have been further from what we've experienced," Maggie said. "I remember she was the fastest kid in her fifth-grade class, boy or girl, on Field Day. That's something that, when she was born, I would never have thought she could compete and run like that. She's defied the odds. The doctors are amazed. She has to work hard at it with all her medications and breathing treatments."
At home, Courtney wears a vest that vibrates to loosen the mucus in her lungs. She takes enzyme supplements before she eats. She does breathing treatments with a nebulizer.
Because she was active at an early age, and a high-level athlete now, her lung capacity is greater than the average person's, which is good for a person with CF.
"It's definitely beneficial," Drury said. "The biggest problem is mucus in the lungs. Any movement or activity is great."
"Her mom said the best thing you can do is stay active," Cofiell said. "She is playing in a field hockey tournament this weekend. She doesn't slow down. One sport is never enough. She wants to go and go and go and go."


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(The Journal's editorial of Friday, Oct. 4, (Not for Congress) was in error when it said that a Republican budget proposal on Sept....
Integrity - Oct 9 Q&A from Kaiser Health: Will I be required to buy pediatric dental care if I purchase insurance on the exchange?
A. Most likely, no. Children's dental care may be included in some plans offered on the marketplaces as part of the medical coverage you are required to buy. But many insurers may offer it as a stand-alone policy, which you are not required to buy under by federal law but may be required by states. At least two—Nevada and Washington—are requiring this coverage. For children the insurance will help pay for the cost of visits to a dentist for basic or preventive services, like teeth cleaning, X-rays and fillings and medically necessary orthodontics.
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Aunty: What a great deal?!? The average household (depending on where you look) is averaging under 2 children/couple. Please read again: 4 million newborns x $20/month for mandatory dental x 12 months (1st year only) = $960 million in premiums for almost 0% claim payout!! This is a great deal, for an insurance company. It would just be refreshing to hear someone admit that there may be faults in this program and try to revise, change things.
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Thank you, Avoice, for the clarification. Thank you, also, for your politeness.
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Why do half the people that comment seem to love big government, big government programs,high taxes,and the constitution (only when it works for there agenda)?do they benefit greatly from all the above?or is it they pay little to zero in taxes?I have only commented twice ever,and the first one was never commented on,here it is again do most of the people in the country know that the democrats have had majority and super majority the last seven years of our government and the country is going bankrupt,economy stagnant,poverty highest ever,unemployment over 7.2% for 5 years and some of you still believe we need more and bigger gov.Have to go to work now,so I can fund other people's habits,you can call me names or write snarky little comments,just try once not to ignore some of these facts before you spend the day typing your fingers to the bone.
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R2P, are you related to C3PO of Star Wars fame? You both communicate by squeaking and chirping incoherently, just thought there may be some family history there.
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Dental coverage for children is considered essential, but states can embed that coverage into medical plans or offer separate dental plans. Rates have been $10 - $30 per child, depending on state and plan, but the law maxes the rate to the cost of 3 - so if you have 10 kids you still only pay the single rate X 3 to cover all 10. Quite a deal!
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Republican Rep Issa recently suggested what the GOP has suggested before - replace Obamacare by expanding the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program to everyone; opening the insurance Congress has to everyone. It would be awesome because then everyone could shop in a health insurance market place, where they can compare companies and plans, choosing what they can afford with their income, because they will pay premiums, deductibles, and co-pays. The government covers a portion of the premium. FEHBP insurers can't discriminate based on age, sex, current health conditions, pre-existing conditions or hazardous work conditions. Sound familiar? GOP plan to fix Obamacare: Cross off Obama's name and replace it with Republican. Obama's name on the law was always the main problem anyway. Republicancare. Just sounds better.
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Of course Congress and the Whitehouse have insurance - some of the best in the land. The bill that has been introduced is to scrap it and make them all go into the exchanges. And for some mysterious reason they are fighting it tooth and nail, imagine that...
If it is such a great program like is being proclaimed why don't they put their money where their mouths are and join up ?
That's just it - it's their mouths and our money. Now we've identified the root of the problem.
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Here's an Obamacare stumper for you: Required Dental Care for 0-18 yrs old. For the 1st year of life, the child hardly has a full mouth of teeth, much less needs dental care. 2010 - number of births 4 million. Dental care premium on newborn about $20-$25/month. $20 x 12 months x 4 million = 1.2 billion $$'s for premiums to insurance companies that they will NEVER need to pay a claim on. By the way, I used VERY conservative numbers as there are more births to happen in '14 as well as the premium and the need for care (1 year, it's probably closer to 2 years before care is needed). Who wins??? The insurance companies again, not the middle class.
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MCW - your post is half right and can only say they are but they aren't from the information being being put out. It has to do with the details regarding the reimbursement of the portion they pay. I don't know all the details but the current plan they are in pays 81% of single and 72% of family premiums. President Obama has interpreted the law which includes them but the government employees plan must reimbusement for any additional premium they may suffer. Which interpreted means the plan monies set to fund Congress benefits must reimburse, not thru the ACA law(Taxpayer). Like I said there are contradicting statements from both sides with very little clarification from anybody. This is one of the areas where there is no transparency to either side as to who can be included and who will not be under ACA. The site you noted only refutes or agrees with conversations made and does not interpret the law as was written.
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w w w . politifact . c o m/truth-o-meter/article/2013/sep/24/top-16-myths-about-health-care-law/
Congress is not exempt. They already have health insurance, like many of the rest of us. Those who have employer provided insurance are not required to purchase insurance on the Health Care Exchange.
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If you can't win on substance you can always resort to sematics.
The fact remains that both congress and the adminstration don't want to impose this health care law on themselves even after they have forced it on the rest of us.
Are they all too "good" for this law or is it this law is just that bad ?
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Basically what the liberals are saying that as new technology arises we should be limited to carrying muskets .So if the new weapon of the future becomes a laser , and guns become obsolete , you would be left with nothing to defend yourself with from your government if the situation ever arose. Democrats have a lot of faith in the people in Washington . At the time they passed the constitution muskets were considered to be advanced weapons , they didn't limit the common man to bows and arrows or throwing rocks. Anytime the government does not fear reprisal from its people , it is left to make decisions on it's own superior knowledge . Case in point - look to Hitler ,Roman kings , Chinese - anytime they had no fear of the people , the biggest massacres of it's own people occur. Syria , Iraq are also good examples in recent history.
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Puke: I believe the word you're looking for is "abject." And it doesn't work in this context. Your attitude is indicative of a truculent old troll. It's indeed one of the drawbacks of trying to communicate in low-brow forums like this, and under the auspices of such an esteemed journal as The Journal. Another problem is the anonymity here. I've never before had any interaction with somebody named Reason2Puke. I don't even know if that's supposed to be clever! If you can't stop insulting my intelligence, I'm going to have to pull out some of my Saul Alinsky tactics and start referring to your organs of defecation and reproduction. Now, what, pray tell, would you like me to google, re: the constitution? No, you show me, with facts, not biased uninformed opinions, the way to a reasonable interpretation of the Second Amendment. "If I had a rocket-launcher ..." --Bruce Cockburn
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"Aject ignorance"?
Must be some kind of super secret Tea Party malapropism.
Way to go, Puke. We're all impressed.
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Thank you agitprop for demonstrating for the class your aject ignorance of the constitution.
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Avoice - The "ramming" of which you speak is reconciliation, which was also used to pass the 2003 and 2005 Bush tax cut bills among 20 other bills since 1980. ( 17 by GOP houses.)
March to Dec 2009 – WH healthcare summit of 120 doctors, patients, health insurers, and lawmakers from both parties. Senate Finance Committee members (both parties) hold 3 roundtable discussions. Senate Health, Ed, Labor, Pensions Committee passes Affordable Health Choices Act which includes over 160 GOP amendments. The bill passes House Committee. Senate Finance Committee rejects amendments to include a public option, and approves GOP bill (America's Healthy Future Act). House passes the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Senate passes their version.
Jan thru March – Obama and leaders from both parties hold televised summit to explain the bill. Democrats use reconciliation (51 votes) to pass its version. House passes changes which Senate addresses. President signs the bill.
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Et tu, Integrity! Did you "change" your grundies today? I'm trying to figure out from which pulpit you might have heard this litany of funky old legends and laws on this rainy Sunday morning. "Integrity"? How about a little DIGNITY? Please try to avoid any further lapses into atavism, and please review the Doctrine of the Separation of Church & State.
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Dear Puke (I like that term of endearment): I know you're trying, but you can't educate yourself by simply spewing right-wing talking-points at everything that scares you. Let me help you. The Second Amendment calls for a well-regulated militia. Nowhere in this confusingly worded (it's not even a complete sentence and is very awkward)amendment does it even hint that an individual has the right to bear arms, or , if an individual does have that right, there is nothing that indicates that this right cannot be regulated. Unless, of course, an individual is deemed a "militia," in which case he, she, it could be regulated with impunity. And, actually, the Preamble to the Constitution is the wellspring from which all else flows and follows. The First Amendment is concise and cogent. The Second was hastily crafted and ratified (and "rammed through")in a rush to preserve the institution of slavery--Well regulated militias would keep the slaves in chains.
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Segregation, child labor, marriages between men & women, illegal abortions, women voting, slavery, etc were all, at one point in our history, "laws of the land". Just because it's a "law of the land" does not make it right. "Change" has been the slogan, correct, so all of a sudden once the power changes hands, "Change" can only happen in one direction - the direction they want things to go. "Change" is a political tag line, just like "the middle class", and in the end, propaganda to push agendas.
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When the president started granting waivers and delaying parts of the bill indiscriminantly, he kicked the door wide open for exactly what he is getting now. If you want to somehow justify those actions to me, I'm all ears.
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agitprop, so when you say "law of the land" do you mean like the second amendment? I'm just trying to educate myself.
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Reason2Puke: I hope I give you reason to! Get educated on the issues if you want to continue this discussion. "Choice" is also the law of the land. You're in denial, my friend. The Republicans are scofflaws! You, too!
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Svensota wants to be a patriot like his mentor who stated "increasing the Debt Limit was unpatriotic and a lack of leadership" but now seems it is a necessary policy that must be done.
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George S. Kaufman
|George S. Kaufman
photographed c. 1915
|George Simon Kaufman
November 16, 1889
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
|June 2, 1961
(aged 71)
New York City, New York, United States
|Beatrice Bakrow (1917–1945)
Leueen MacGrath (1949–1957)
|Debut works
|Some One in the House (1918)
Someone Must Pay (1919)
|Notable work(s)
|Of Thee I Sing
You Can't Take It With You
|Works with
|Marc Connelly
Edna Ferber
George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Moss Hart
Morrie Ryskind
|Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1932 and 1937)
Tony Award Best Director (1951)
George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 – June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, theatre director and producer, humorist, and drama critic. In addition to comedies and political satire, he wrote several musicals, notably for the Marx Brothers. One play and one musical that he wrote won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama: You Can't Take It With You (1937, with Moss Hart), and Of Thee I Sing (1932, with Morrie Ryskind and Ira Gershwin). He also won the Tony Award as a Director, for the musical Guys and Dolls.
Early years[edit]
Born to a Jewish family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he graduated from high school in 1907 and "tried law school for three months" but grew disenchanted and took on a series of odd jobs, including "selling hatbands".[1] Kaufman then began his career as a journalist and drama critic; he was the drama editor for The New York Times from 1917 through 1930.[1] Kaufman took his editorial responsibilities very seriously. According to legend, on one occasion a press agent asked: "How do I get our leading lady's name in the Times?" Kaufman: "Shoot her."[2]
Worked with Moss Hart in 1930 on the Broadway hit, Once in a Lifetime. Also wrote You Can't Take it With You and The Man Who Came to Dinner with Hart.
Kaufman's Broadway debut was September 4, 1918 at the Knickerbocker Theatre, with the premiere of the melodrama Someone in the House.[3][4] He coauthored the play with Walter C. Percival, based on a magazine story written by Larry Evans.[5] The play opened on Broadway (running for only 32 performances) during that year's serious flu epidemic, when people were being advised to avoid crowds. With "dour glee", Kaufman suggested that the best way to avoid crowds in New York City was to attend his play.[6]
In every Broadway season from 1921 through 1958, there was a play written or directed by Kaufman. Since Kaufman's death in 1961,[6] there have been revivals of his work on Broadway in the 1970s, the 1980s, and in the 2000s.[7] Kaufman wrote only one play alone, The Butter and Egg Man in 1925.[8] With Marc Connelly, he wrote Merton of the Movies, Dulcy, and Beggar on Horseback; with Ring Lardner he wrote June Moon; with Edna Ferber he wrote The Royal Family, Dinner at Eight, and Stage Door; with John P. Marquand he wrote a stage adaptation of Marquand's novel The Late George Apley; and with Howard Teichmann he wrote The Solid Gold Cadillac. According to his biography on PBS, "he wrote some of the American theater's most enduring comedies" with Moss Hart.[9] Their work includes Once in a Lifetime (in which he also performed), Merrily We Roll Along, The Man Who Came to Dinner and You Can't Take It With You, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937.[10]
For a period, Kaufman lived at 158 West 58th Street in New York City. The building later would be the setting for Stage Door.[11] It is now the Park Savoy Hotel and for many years was considered a single room occupancy hotel.[12]
- Musical theatre
Despite his claim that he knew nothing about music and hated it in the theatre, Kaufman collaborated on many musical theatre projects. His most successful of such efforts include two Broadway shows crafted for the Marx Brothers, The Cocoanuts, written with Irving Berlin, and Animal Crackers, written with Morrie Ryskind, Bert Kalmar, and Harry Ruby. According to Charlotte Chandler, "By the time Animal Crackers opened ... the Marx Brothers were becoming famous enough to interest Hollywood. Paramount signed them to a contract".[13] Kaufman was one of the writers who excelled in writing intelligent nonsense for Groucho Marx, a process that was collaborative, given Groucho's skills at expanding upon the scripted material. Though the Marx Brothers were notoriously critical of their writers, Groucho and Harpo Marx expressed admiration and gratitude towards Kaufman. Dick Cavett, introducing Groucho onstage at Carnegie Hall in 1972, told the audience that Groucho considered Kaufman to be "his god".
While The Cocoanuts was being developed in Atlantic City, Irving Berlin was hugely enthusiastic about a song he had written for the show. Kaufman was less enthusiastic, and refused to rework the libretto to include this number. The discarded song was "Always", ultimately a huge hit for Berlin, recorded by many popular performers. According to Laurence Bergreen, "Kaufman's lack of enthusiasm caused Irving to lose confidence in the song, and 'Always' was deleted from the score of The Cocoanuts – though not from its creators memory. ... Kaufman, a confirmed misogynist, had had no use for the song in The Cocoanuts but his disapproval did not deter Berlin from saving it for a more important occasion."[14] The Cocoanuts would remain Irving Berlin's only Broadway musical – until his last one, Mr. President – that did not include at least one eventual hit song.
Humor derived from political situations was of particular interest to Kaufman. He collaborated on the hit musical Of Thee I Sing, which won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize, the first musical so honored,[10] and its sequel Let 'Em Eat Cake, as well as one troubled but eventually successful satire that had several incarnations, Strike Up the Band. Working with Kaufman on these ventures were Ryskind, George Gershwin, and Ira Gershwin. Also, Kaufman, with Moss Hart, wrote the book to I'd Rather Be Right, a musical starring George M. Cohan as Franklin Delano Roosevelt (the U.S. President at the time), with songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. He also co-wrote the 1935 comedy-drama First Lady. In 1945, Kaufman adapted H.M.S. Pinafore into Hollywood Pinafore.
Kaufman also contributed to major New York revues, including The Band Wagon (not to be confused with the Astaire/Minnelli 1953 film) with Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz. His often anthologized sketch "The Still Alarm" from the revue The Little Show lasted long after the show closed. Another well-known sketch of his is "If Men Played Cards As Women Do." There have also been musicals based on Kaufman properties, such as the 1981 musical version of Merrily We Roll Along, adapted by George Furth and Stephen Sondheim.[15] The musical Sherry! (1967) was based on his play The Man Who Came to Dinner.[16]
- Directing and producing
Kaufman directed the original or revival stage productions of many plays and musicals, including:The Front Page by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht (1928), Of Thee I Sing (1931 and 1952), Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937), My Sister Eileen by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov (1940), Hollywood Pinafore (1945), The Next Half Hour (1945), Park Avenue (1946, also co-wrote the book), Town House (1948), Bravo! (1948, also co-wrote the script), Metropole (1949), the Frank Loesser musical Guys and Dolls, for which he won the 1951 Best Director Tony Award, The Enchanted (1950), The Small Hours (1951, also co-wrote the script), Fancy Meeting You Again (1952, also co-wrote the script), The Solid Gold Cadillac (1953, also co-wrote the script), and Romanoff and Juliet by Peter Ustinov (1957).[17]
Kaufman produced many of his own plays as well as those of other writers. For a short time, approximately from 1940 to circa 1946, Kaufman, with Moss Hart and Max Gordon, owned and operated the Lyceum Theatre.[18]
Hollywood and television[edit]
Many of Kaufman's plays were adapted into Hollywood films. Among the more well-received were Dinner At Eight, Stage Door (almost completely rewritten for the film version) and You Can't Take It With You, which won the Best Picture Oscar in 1938. He also occasionally wrote directly for the movies, most significantly the screenplay for A Night at the Opera for the Marx Brothers. His only credit as a film director was The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947) starring William Powell.
He appeared as a panelist on the 1949-1954 CBS television series show This Is Show Business.[19][20] On the December 21, 1952, Christmas episode of This Is Show Business that was telecast live, the Jewish Kaufman made a controversial statement amid public outcry: "Let's make this one program on which no one sings 'Silent Night'".[21] The networks banned him for more than a year and then allowed him to appear again.[21]
Kaufman was also a prominent bridge player. Many of his humorous writings about bridge appeared in The New Yorker and have often been reprinted. They include Kibitzers' Revolt and the suggestion that bridge clubs should post information that North-South or East-West are holding good cards. Kaufman was notoriously impatient with less-competent partners at the bridge table. According to legend, one such victim asked permission to use the men's room. Kaufman: "Gladly. For the first time today I'll know what you have in your hand."[22]
Personal life[edit]
In the 1920s, Kaufman was a member of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of writers and show business people. From the 1920s through the 1950s, Kaufman was as well known for his personality as he was for his writing.[citation needed] In the Moss Hart autobiography Act One, Hart portrayed Kaufman as a morose and intimidating figure, uncomfortable with any expressions of affection between human beings—in life or on the page. Hart writes that Max Siegel said: "Maybe I should have warned you. Mr Kaufman hates any kind of sentimentality-can't stand it!"[23] This perspective, along with a number of taciturn observations made by Kaufman himself, led to a simplistic but commonly held belief that Hart was the emotional soul of the creative team while Kaufman was a misanthropic writer of punchlines. Kaufman preferred never to leave Manhattan. He once said: "I never want to go any place where I can't get back to Broadway and 44th by midnight."[24]
Although Kaufman lived in the public eye alongside celebrities and journalists, he was a tireless worker, dedicated to the writing and rehearsal processes.[citation needed] He was particularly revered within the business as a "play doctor." Late in his life he managed to trade upon his long-developed persona by appearing as a television wag. Of one unsuccessful comedy he wrote,[specify] "There was laughter at the back of the theatre, leading to the belief that someone was telling jokes back there." Even though he was a sometime satirist, he remarked that "Satire is what closes on Saturday night." Much of Kaufman's fame occurred due to his mastery of sharp lines such as these, generally referred to in the press as "wise cracks." However, Kaufman was more than a writer of gags. He created scripts that revealed a mastery of dramatic structure; his characters were likable and theatrically credible.
Called "Public Lover Number One", according to The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People, he "dated some of the most beautiful women on Broadway".[25] Kaufman found himself in the center of a scandal in 1936 when, in the midst of a child custody suit, the former husband of actress Mary Astor threatened to publish one of Astor's diaries purportedly containing extremely explicit details of an affair between Kaufman and the actress.[25] The diary was eventually destroyed unread by the courts in 1952, but details of the supposed contents were published in Confidential magazine, Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger, and various other scandal sheets. Most recently, a "filthy" portion of it was published in New York magazine.[26] Kaufman had an affair with actress Natalie Schafer during the 1940s.[27] (Schafer played "Mrs. Lovey Howell" on the TV sitcom Gilligan's Island.)
Kaufman was married in 1917 to Beatrice Bakrow until her death on October 6, 1945.[28][29] Four years later, he married actress Leueen MacGrath on May 26, 1949,[30][31] with whom he collaborated on a number of plays before their divorce in August 1957.[32] Kaufman died in New York City on June 2, 1961 at the age of 71.[32]
In 1979, Donald Oliver compiled and edited a collection of Kaufman's humorous pieces, with a foreword by Dick Cavett.[33]
Film portrayal[edit]
Kaufman was portrayed by the actor David Thornton in the 1994 film Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle[34] and by Jason Robards in the 1963 film Act One.
- ^ a b Wallace, Irving, Amy Wallace, David Wallechinsky and Sylvia Wallace. The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People (2008), Feral House, ISBN 1-932595-29-5, p. 173
- ^ Herrmann, Dorothy (1982). With Malice Toward All. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 58.
- ^ "The September Line-up". The New York Times. August 25, 1918. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
- ^ George S. Kaufman at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ White, Matthew, Jr. (November 1918). "The Stage". Munsey's Magazine (New York: F.A. Munsey & Co.) LXV (2): 356–371. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ a b "Broadway: One Man's Mede". Time. June 9, 1961. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
- ^ Kaufman listing, Internet Broadway Database ibdb.com, retrieved November 13, 2010
- ^ Londré, Felicia Hardison.Words at Play:Creative Writing and Dramaturgy (2005), SIU Press, ISBN 0-8093-2679-5, p. 47
- ^ "Stars Over Broadway: Biography, Excerpted from the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, edited by Colin Larkin, 2004" pbs.org, retrieved November 13, 2010
- ^ a b "The Pulitzer Prizes, Drama" pulitzer.org, accessed March 6, 2011
- ^ Teichmann, Howard (1972). George S. Kaufman; An Intimate Portrait. New York: Atheneum. OCLC 400765.
- ^ Laurence Okane (1965-01-24). "Adjunct Garages Irk City Planners; Loophole in Zoning Permits All Comers to Use Space". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
- ^ Chandler, Charlotte. Hello, I Must Be Going: Groucho and His Friends (2007), Simon and Schuster, ISBN 1-4165-6521-3
- ^ Bergreen, Laurence. As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin (1996), Da Capo Press, ISBN 0-306-80675-4, pp. 249 and 264
- ^ Rich, Frank.Stage: A New Sondheim, 'Merrily We Roll Along' . The New York Times, November 17, 1981
- ^ Internet Broadway Database listing, 'Sherry!' ibdb.com, November 13, 2010
- ^ Internet Broadway Database listing ibdb.com, retrieved November 13, 2010
- ^ Bloom, Ken."Lyceum Theatre". The Routledge Guide To Broadway, CRC Press, 2007, ISBN 0-415-97380-5, p. 158
- ^ This Is Show Business listing imdb.com, retrieved November 13, 2010
- ^ "Radio: The Troubled Air" Time Magazine, January 12, 1953
- ^ a b Alex McNeil, Total Television,, p. 832
- ^ Hall, Donald, ed. (1981). The Oxford Book of American Literary Anecdotes. New York: Oxford. p. 234.
- ^ Hart, Moss. Act one: an autobiography (1989). Macmillan, ISBN 0-312-03272-2, p. 274
- ^ Meryman, Richard (1978). Mank: The Wit, World, and Life of Herman Mankiewicz. New York: William Morrow. p. 100.
- ^ a b Wallace, p. 174
- ^ "Mary Astor Blushes When Her Filthy Diary Leaks". New York: 44. April 9, 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^ Brozan, Nadine."Chronicle" The New York Times, February 13, 1995
- ^ "Beatrice Kaufman, Story Editor, Dies", The New York Times, October 7, 1945, p. 44
- ^ "BEATRICE KAUFMAN, STORY EDITOR, DIES; Wife of Noted Playwright Did Much Literary Work Herself --Wrote for Magazines"The New York Times (abstract), October 7, 1945
- ^ "George S. Kaufman and Leueen MacGrath, English actress, were married today at the playwright's Bucks County home, Barley Sheaf Farm", "George S. Kaufman Weds", The New York Times, May 27, 1949, p. 25
- ^ "GEORGE S. KAUFMAN WEDS; Playwright and Leueen M Grath, Actress, Marry at His Farm". The New York Times (abstract), May 27, 1949
- ^ a b "George S. Kaufman Dies at 71; Shared 2 Pulitzers for Drama; Cited for 'Of Thee I Sing' and 'You Can't Take It With You' -- Also Top Director George S. Kaufman Dies at 71; Shared 2 Pulitzers for Drama", The New York Times, (abstract), June 3, 1961, p.1
- ^ George S. Kaufman (Donald Oliver, compiler/editor), By George: A Kaufman Collection (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1979) ISBN 0-312-11101-0.
- ^ Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle at the Internet Movie Database
External links[edit]
- George S. Kaufman at the Internet Broadway Database
- George S. Kaufman at Internet Off-Broadway Database
- George S. Kaufman at the Internet Movie Database
- George S. Kaufman Papers at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
- George S. Kaufman Papers at the Library of Congress
- George S. Kaufman.com
- List of Works at doollee.com
- Dick Cavett (October 8, 2010). "The Titan and the Pfc". Opinionator. The New York Times. (a tribute to Kaufman)
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Grab your friends and your clubs and join us at the 27th Annual Davenport Scholarship Golf Classic. Your day includes lunch, golfing at Egypt Valley Country Club, followed by dinner and a chance to bid on and win great auction items. Dinner tickets may be purchased for those wishing to only participate in dinner and the auction.
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Marquette Golf Club Invitational to Take Place June 6th
Annual event to be held at Hidden Glen Golf Club
Marquette Men's Golf Announces 2014 Signees
Garrett Loomis & Trevor Thomas Sign National Letters of Intent
Nelson Hangs On To Win Kiawah Classic Title
Sophomore leads Marquette golfers to runner-up team finish
Marquette Will Host Erin Hills Intercollegiate, Oct. 6-8
14-team men's golf tournament will feature top amateurs in the world
Men's Golf To Open 2013 Fall Season This Weekend
Golden Eagles head to Bethpage for The Doc Gimmler
Marquette Golf Ready For 2014 BIG EAST Championship
Coach Steve Bailey, Zach Gaugert, Nick Nelson and Pat Sanchez talk about MU's trip to the BIG EAST Men's Golf Championship April 27-29 at the Callawassie Island Club in Callawassie, S.C.
Marquette Golf Hosts Erin Hills Intercollegiate
Marquette's men's golf program will host the 14-team, 54-hole Erin Hills Intercollegiate tournament at Erin Hills Golf Club, home of the 2017 U.S. Open, Oct. 6-8, 2013.
Marquette Golf Set To Tee Off in 2013-14
Marquette golf is set to tee off the the 2013-13 season - a year that includes a new-look BIG EAST, a home tournament in October's Erin Hills Intercollegiate, and a deeper, more experienced group of players. Coach Steve Bailey, Adam Chester, Corey Konieczki, and Pat Sanchez preview the upcoming year.
Steve Bailey enters his fourth season as the head men's golf coach at Marquette University in 2013-14. Bailey came to Milwaukee after formerly serving as the associate head men's golf coach at Northwestern University.
A native of Virginia Beach, Va., Bailey wasted no time retooling the Marquette roster. MU enters the 2012-13 campaign with 11 golfers -- the largest roster in recent memory -- which includes eight underclassmen, hailing from seven different states and three countries.
Prior to Marquette, Bailey was associate head coach at Wildcats since 2008. He arrived at Northwestern as an assistant coach in 2005 where he quickly established himself as a top recruiter of domestic and international talent. Bailey's recruiting classes have included six Junior All-Americans, state champions from Arizona, California and Ohio, and a top-10 recruiting class in 2008-09 as ranked by Golfweek.
The 2008-09 nationally ranked recruiting class included South Korea native Eric Chun. Chun earned 2009 Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year honors after he became the first freshman since Steve Stricker (1986) to win the Big Ten individual championship, leading the Wildcats to their second NCAA Championships appearance during Bailey's tenure with the team.
Chun also qualified for and played in the 2010 British Open in St. Andrews, Scotland, where Bailey served as his caddie.
Additionally, Bailey has coached individual Big Ten champions Chris Wilson (2006) and David Lipsky (2010). Wilson helped Northwestern win the Big Ten team title in Bailey's first season coaching the Wildcats, along with 2006 conference player of the year David Merkow.
In the classroom Bailey mentored seven Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars and 23 Academic All-Big Ten selections.
"We're going to be successful with a solid work ethic and strong team values," says Bailey. "Our overall focus will be a commitment to excellence with an emphasis on getting better every day."
Bailey was responsible for the day-to-day operations as associate head coach for Northwestern, including recruiting, coordinating team practices and tournament scheduling. He also served as tournament director of the Big Ten Match Play Championship and the Windon Memorial Classic, and was a member of the Golf Coaches Association's Board of Directors.
From 2005 until 2010, Bailey worked under the tutelage of Pat Goss, director of golf at Northwestern and swing coach of the seventh ranked player in the world, Luke Donald. Goss is currently one of Golf Magazine's "Top-100 Teachers in America" and was previously selected as NCAA Division I Coach of the Year (1997).
Bailey graduated from Radford University in 1998 with a degree in communications. He served one year as assistant sports information director at the school before moving on to a role with the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA). He coordinated tournament communications and public relations for the AJGA until 2001 when he was promoted to tournament director. As tournament director, Bailey was responsible for the administration of 13 AJGA Championships.
Bailey and his wife, Bethany, have been married seven years.


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....does that mean they will sign Sanders?
....does that mean they will sign Sanders?
They could have brought sanders in to just show Llyod that he won't get what he wants. Could just be using sanders to lower Lloyd's salary when they bring him back. If they do sign sanders I would be fine with an additional third rounder. Everyone can be replaced.
Here We Go Steelers!
Draft 1.0
1. Sammy Watkins, WR, Clemson
2. Jason Verrett, CB, TCU
3comp. Charles Sims, RB, WVU
4. Dion Bailey, FS, USC
5a. Will Clarke, DE, WVU
5b. Walt Aikens, CB, Liberty
6. Jeff Janis, WR, Saginaw Valley
7a. Devon Keynard, OLB, USC
7b. Eathyn Manumaleuna, DT, BYU
If i am Steelers GM i won't match Cheatroits offersheet. I will take Rd 3 pick for Sanders...
Steelers Draft
Rd 1: Mike Evans - WR
Rd 2: Kyle Van Noy - ILB/OLB
Rd 3c: Philip Gaines - CB
Rd 4: Taylor Hart - DE
Rd 5: Justin Ellis - DT
Rd 5c:Xavier Grimble -TE
Patriots have so few draft picks, it would seem unlikely they give up their 3rd as well. I think this was a leverage move by the Patsys. I may be in the minority, but I like Sanders and hope he stays. Filling one WR spot will be tough enough. I hope his injuries are behind him.
1. C.J. Mosley LB Alabama
2. Jordan Matthews WR Vanderbilt
3. (comp) Philip Gaines CB Rice
4. Arthur Lynch TE Georgia
5. Kenny Ladler FS Vanderbilt
5. (comp) Derrick Hopkins DT Virginia Tech or Jordan Tripp LB Montana
6. Ricardo Allen CB Purdue
6. (comp) Andrew Jackson ILB W. Kentucky
7. Quincy Enunwa WR Nebraska
It appears that Sanders left NE without signing the sheet (the last time I checked). But so what if he did? The 3rd round is where championship teams are built. I dislike that the Steelers would be apparently thin at WR if he left. But this draft has lots of talent beyond the 4th round at that position, so it is likely the Steelers could pick up a WR (or, maybe, even two) on the third day and that might be sufficient for our need. We'll see.
Steelers...On The STAIRWAY TO SEVEN!!!
ASIAN... thanks, brotha!


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Roderick Paul Clifton, 44, and Paula Lane, 46, had driven to suburban Citrus Heights to visit relatives. They left Thursday afternoon to return to their home in Gardnerville, Nev., said Citrus Heights police Officer Bryan Fritsch, a department spokesman.
The couple began their trip in their dark blue 1989 Jeep Cherokee about the same time a major storm was moving into the area.
It's believed the couple drove along Highway 50, a route that would have taken them through Echo Summit, a mountain pass at an elevation of about 7,300 feet, Fritsch said.
Clifton and Lane frequently made the drive, and usually Clifton would call relatives to let them know they had made it over the summit, Fritsch said. But during last week's trip, no call ever came, and nobody has heard from the couple.
Relatives are worried that the bad weather—including heavy snow in the mountains—may have played a role in the couple's disappearance, Fritsch said.
"The concern is that they had left just before weather conditions became really bad," Fritsch said.
The drive from Citrus Heights to Gardnerville is about 120 miles, a good portion of it on Highway 50, a steep and winding roadway through the Sierra.
"It can be pretty treacherous traveling that way," Fritsch said.
Police say neither Clifton or Lane—who has two 11-year-old boys in Garnerville—have a history of disappearing, and calls to their cellphones have gone answered.
Both phones appear to be turned off. And with reception through the mountainous area spotty, investigators have been unable to electronically track the couple's whereabouts, Fritsch said.
Deputies from El Dorado and Alpine counties, the California Highway Patrol and Nevada authorities are also taking part in the search.


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This is how I sound after reading the latest from the Eco Nazi or Psycho Feminist or how some school system wants to take away Valentine's day because they say it hurts some kids feelings.
This is how I sound after reading the latest from the Eco Nazi or Psycho Feminist or how some school system wants to take away Valentine's day because they say it hurts some kids feelings.
When I was in elementary school, the teachers made all the students make and send a Valentine card to another student. Everyone got a card, and nobody felt bad. I remember showing one to my mother: "Look what I got Mom! It's a Valentine card from Janet Ziegelbauer!" Wish I still had them.
LOL! Great video, Joey!
Once, when I was a seminarian and was out on a ranch in Brazil, I was taking some time for prayer and reflection. At one point, I was doing an examination of conscience, reflecting on my relationship with God and neighbor, and how well I had kept to the rules of my community. Nearby there was a flock of sheep who keep bleating. It sounded to me like they kept saying, "Baaad! Bad! BAAAAD!" I couldn't help but laugh and wonder if my subconscious was taking the "Catholic guilt" thing a bit too far…
I can't tell you how rewarding it is to me personally to read Fr. Green's experiences alongside Joey and Donna and Paul and Kim and Peter and Vickie and every other GMG contributor's experiences on a frequent basis. Fr. Matt, I for one am so glad you stayed on this GMG train. What a wonderful, rich cross section of life we find here. This is Gloucester. This is GMG.
Thanks, John!
I agreeeeeee LOL
In our previous life Barbara and I kept goats for a few years. They were a great deal of fun and also quite a bit of work. By and large they were calm, friendly and made good, if unusual, pets.
However, the one thing they did not like was to have their hooves clipped, which had to be done every few months. Perhaps it was our unique technique that unsettled them.
First we had to capture them. They knew what was up and refused to respond to offers of all of their special treats. We then resorted to our system, which consisted of Barbara making scary noises and trying to chase the selected goat into a corner of the barn where I would pounce upon the poor creature, like Cato in the Pink Panther movies. I then would grip the victim's outside legs and yank them toward me to flatten the subject on the floor while I threw myself on top of her to pin her in some sort of unsanctioned wrestling move.
Once the goat was somewhat subdued by all of this foreplay, and while I was still on top of her, Barbara would commence trimming the hooves with a huge nail clipper made for that purpose.
It was a long process, made memorable by a sound which emanated somewhere in the bowels of hell and erupted from the mouth of the clipee directly into my ear, which, through all the wrestling and subduing, always wound up directly next to the goat's'mouth.
Once the clipping was over and I regained some of my hearing, the buggers gently, and on their own, lined up, in size order, for their treats.
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International City Theatre Opens AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, 1/25
On your marks for the original amazing race! International City Theatre's 28th season gets off to a flying start with Around the World in 80 Days, adapted by Mark Brown from the visionary, classic adventure story by Jules Verne. For a taste of exotic locales, daring exploits, narrow escapes and great fun, head over to International City Theatre at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center between January 25 and February 17, or take in a low-priced preview on January 23 or 24.
It's 1872, and Phileas Fogg—normally the most exact of men who conducts his days on a most precise schedule—agrees to an outrageous wager that puts both his fortune and his life at risk. With his resourceful servant Passepartout, Fogg sets out to circle the globe in an unheard-of 80 days. It's a whirlwind journey filled with danger, romance, secret plots and comic surprises that will keep audiences on The Edge of their seats—until they begin to roll in the aisles with laughter.
"It's a madcap adventure—pure, hysterical fun," says director Allison Bibicoff. "We have five actors playing over 3 dozen parts, and they face everything from stampeding elephants to a raging typhoon to a runaway train. It's an extremely challenging production, and also a chance to be mega-creative."
Those five actors are Mark Gagliardi (original revival cast of Second City's National Lampoon Lemmings), Melinda Porto (Bend in the Road at Pasadena Playhouse, ROOMS: a rock romance at the Chance Theater), Brian Stanton (ICT's Bright Ideas; Is He Dead?; Tom, Dick & Harry; Charley's Aunt), Michael Uribes (The Robber Bridegroom at ICT, Oedipus El Rey at Theatre @ Boston Court) and Jud V. Williford (company member at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, Nicholas Nickleby and The Tempest at California Shakespeare Theater)—and they will be stashing energy bars in their make-up kits, because together they will play 39 characters and traverse seven continents in their race to beat the clock.
"I wanted this one to be fun for the audience, and for the actors," explained Mark Brown in an interview. "Sometimes I think actors want to kill me for what I have done. But I sort of knew what was possible for quick changes, and breaking down the fourth wall as well as breaking down time and space throughout the entire show. It's a really fun play, a fun night out at the theater. It's about as deep as a shallow puddle, but it's really fun."
Around the World in 80 Days had its world premiere at the Utah Shakespeare Festival in September 2001, was workshopped at the Orlando Shakespeare Festival in May 2002, and had its Off Broadway premiere in July 2008. Since then, it has literally been produced around the world, from Tauranga, New Zealand to Baridhara Dhaka, Bangladesh. Awards for 80 Days include six Acclaim Awards, two Lillie Stoates Awards, two Connecticut Critics Circle Awards and four Shellie Awards. The New York Times called Around the World in 80 Days "unabashedly theatrical...smart enough to make sophisticated adults laugh out loud and shamelessly silly enough to keep children interested and entertained."
As part of an 80-day countdown to opening night that began on November 6, International City Theatre continues to document the many ways we get around. Adults 18 and older still have time to send in photos of themselves in the process of getting somewhere—anywhere—for a chance to win a pair of tickets to the production. Submitted photos will also be considered for the lobby display. Contestants are urged to have fun; photos may be serious or silly, real or imagined. For more information and to submit photos, go to www.InternationalCityTheatre.com. Contestants must be at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry. All submissions must be received by January 25, 2013.
Jules Verne was a French author who pioneered the genre of science-fiction. He is best known for his novels "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1864), "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (1870) and "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1873). Verne wrote about space, air and underwater travel before navigable aircraft and practical submarines were invented, and before any means of space travel had been devised. He is the third most translated author of all time, behind Disney Productions and Agatha Christie. His prominent novels have been made into films. Verne, along with H. G. Wells, is often referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction."


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Maybe you think Ozzie Newsome has lost his mind this time.
Now it's hard-hitting Bernard Pollard who's been shown the door by the Ravens' general manager, joining the mini-parade of Anquan Boldin, Paul Kruger and Dannell Ellerbe as salary-cap casualties.
I know, I know . . . since the start of free agency, it's felt like "Ozzie Gone Wild" over at the Castle as the re-making of the Super Bowl champions gets underway.
But Ravens fans need to chill. Before the mass freak-out gets out of control, let's remember that it's still early in free agency.
Let's see who the Ravens bring in to replace those players — Chris Canty's a nice start — before we declare this a civic disaster and have Ozzie fitted for a straitjacket.
Let's see what the Ravens do in the April draft, where they've been at their best over the years, with way more hits than misses.
I'm not one of these people who thinks Newsome and assistant GM Eric DeCosta are infallible. I always thought that whole "In Ozzie We Trust" business was a little over the top.
But there has to be a plan in place that's dictating these recent moves.
Don't ask me what the plan is. Although with Ray Lewis and Matt Birk retiring, Bobbie Williams being released, and Ed Reed, Cary Williams and Bryant McKinnie also possibly leaving, the plan might be called: "Let's Get Younger and Cheaper Pronto."
Actually, it's the same plan the Ravens have had for years: don't throw stupid money at free agents, look for value in players you do sign, rely on the draft to re-stock. (Hmmm, isn't there another GM around here with a similar philosophy? Guy by the name of Dan Duquette?)
The release of Pollard on Wednesday was definitely a shocker, though.
He was the enforcer in that Ravens defense last season, the one guy who intimidated opposing offenses when Ray Lewis was on his last ride, Terrell Suggs was sidelined much of the time with injuries and Ed Reed a reluctant tackler with neck and back issues.
Pollard was the Ravens' hit man, and he loved the role. He talked tough in the locker room, which made him a media favorite. Then he went out and backed it up on gameday.
Stevan Ridley says he still doesn't remember the hit Pollard laid on him in the fourth quarter of the Ravens win over the New England Patriots in the AFC championship.
But everyone in Baltimore does. Pollard smacked the Pats' running back so hard he did a 360-degree twirl. Then he landed on his butt and coughed up the football before it was lights out and he was in la-la land.
The Ravens recovered and four plays later scored on an 11-yard touchdown pass from Joe Flacco to Anquan Boldin that sealed the win.
That was what Pollard could do for a football team. He loved to hit people and led the Ravens in tackles. He loved being a Raven. And he was only 29, which makes you wonder what actually prompted his release.
No, he wasn't the greatest cover guy. Maybe he was too loud, too outspoken. Maybe he argued too much with coaches.
Whatever the reason, he's gone. And now it looks as if we'll see a vastly overhauled Ravens team next season.
Losing Kruger and Ellerbee is a vivid example of what happens when you're a highly-successful organization and you win the Super Bowl: your players — well, some of them anyway — get over-valued, big-time.


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Returned from knee surgery to appear in 35 games at shooting guard • Started six games and was the team's primary scoring option off the bench • Averaged 5.7 points and 1.6 rebounds on the year • Was the team's top three-point shooter with a 35.6 percent (48 for 135) average from behind the arc that ranked 11th among ACC players • Scored in double figures on seven occasions, including a team-high 17 points in the NCAA tournament loss at Delaware • Made five 3s against the Blue Hens, one of three times she connected five times from deep • Made at least one triple in 21 games and made multiple 3s in 12 games • Scored in double figures in back-to-back wins at Boston College (Feb. 7) and Georgia Tech (Feb. 10) • Had a career-high 19 points in the first win over the Yellow Jackets on Jan. 13 • Scored a then-career-best 17 points against UNC Asheville on Nov. 25, a total that included five 3s • After not scoring in her first two games back from injury, exploded for 13 points in the Preseason WNIT semifinal win over Georgetown • Added nine in the championship game win at Iowa.
Appeared in nine games and started five, averaging 6.9 points and 2.8 rebounds in 23.3 minutes per game • Missed the final 22 games of the season after suffering a torn ACL during the ECU game on Dec. 20 • Was granted a medical redshirt • Made 9-of-27 three-pointers and had a 21/12 assist-turnover ratio prior to the injury.
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Hmmm, perhaps because you can not have it yet...
No. Nostalgia is mindless.
It was and always is nostalgic. It is a very bad show. So, can we balance the pleasure derived from nostalgia opposed to the analytical mind criticizing the show's quality?
Okay, very good. Did you like it?
Nope, I watched an old episode of Lost In Space.
I hope it is not some documentory
Well that is part of my point XP when you hunt around has more security features because of the third party software. Linux has a sandbox but Sandboxie is better.
There is not much difference between 7, 8, 8.1, Vista and XP. Except that XP has less spyware on it.
I was not talking about windows XP.
That is not what I meant. Eventually security becomes such a big problem that people have to do drastic things.
I am not that smart or knowledgeable unfortunately.
The autorun and runonce ability of XP is very dangerous for the ordinary user. People who are smart enough to be aware of the danger usually head over to linux. What they do not understand is that if you put the same amount of effort and knowledge into XP as they do into linux, it is a perfectly safe OS.
I was seeing the following kind of behaviour on my dad's pendrive:
Everything they do is potentially poisonous.
Can they be harmful? or manipulated to be harmful?
Windows uses them to set attributes of the folder they are in.